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Lots of awkward small talk

Returning to your old place of work is a bit like double-dating. It sounds like a good idea in theory but usually just ends up being very awkward.

As the players wait to take to the field, Kante will ask Wes Morgan how his kids are and politely decline Jamie Vardy’s offer to go for a post-match alcopop.

He’ll wonder where Riyad Mahrez is but will feel too embarrassed to ask in case it is a touchy subject for the rest of the team. “I think I saw him post on Facebook about going back to Africa for a bit or something,” he’ll think to himself, wishing he could be back at Stamford Bridge.

Kante won the Premier League with Leicester last season

Everything will be far too familiar

Kante only spent a year at Leicester, but during that time you get into a routine and it can be strange coming back.

Not because everything is different, but because of how little has changed. So you can’t blame poor N’Golo when he goes into autopilot and walks into the home dressing room on Saturday.

There will be other reminders of his past life too. It will be nice to see Claudio Ranieri again, though to be fair I can’t imagine many situations in which it wouldn’t be nice to see Claudio Ranieri.

But coming back to Leicester will let Kante realise how much he has grown in the past few months, like the first time you came home after being away at uni. He’ll say things like “Well, in London…” and make a big deal about how cheap everything is.

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He’ll have a moment with the fans

Sure, the Leicester supporters will have read about Kante’s move in the papers and can probably understand why he went, but there is still that part of them that hurts because of it.

Still, the Frenchman helped them win a Premier League title so expect an emotional moment or two between Kante and the crowd until Antonio Conte puts an end to it with one of his trademark death stares.